title: How to teach medical students to critically appraise a published article in the public health domain.
abstract: The core part of evidence-based medicine (EBM) is the ability to critically appraise published articles on a given subject. Medical students, especially within the developing world, usually do not learn how to critically appraise a published article since this is not part of their designed curriculum. This paper is reporting an innovative approach on how to teach critical appraisal skills to medical students, from an Iranian Medical School.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Medicine, Rafsanjan Medical School, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rezaeian
keywords: Critical appraisal; epidemiology; evidence-based medicine; medical school